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* [9fans] Plan 9 and VMware-5.5?
@ 2006-01-13 20:41 ISHWAR RATTAN
  2006-01-13 22:10 ` "Nils O. Selåsdal"
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: ISHWAR RATTAN @ 2006-01-13 20:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans


Is there a video issue for Plan 9
CD boot under VMware-5.5 workstation?

-ishwar



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* Re: [9fans] Plan 9 and VMware-5.5?
  2006-01-13 20:41 [9fans] Plan 9 and VMware-5.5? ISHWAR RATTAN
@ 2006-01-13 22:10 ` "Nils O. Selåsdal"
  2006-01-13 22:31   ` ISHWAR RATTAN
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: "Nils O. Selåsdal" @ 2006-01-13 22:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

ISHWAR RATTAN wrote:
> 
> Is there a video issue for Plan 9
> CD boot under VMware-5.5 workstation?
Only tested vmware 5.0 - it needed
echo hwaccel off >/dev/vgactl



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* Re: [9fans] Plan 9 and VMware-5.5?
  2006-01-13 22:10 ` "Nils O. Selåsdal"
@ 2006-01-13 22:31   ` ISHWAR RATTAN
  2006-01-14  1:06     ` [9fans] " Uriel
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: ISHWAR RATTAN @ 2006-01-13 22:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, [ISO-8859-1] "Nils O. Selåsdal" wrote:

> ISHWAR RATTAN wrote:
>> 
>> Is there a video issue for Plan 9
>> CD boot under VMware-5.5 workstation?
> Only tested vmware 5.0 - it needed
> echo hwaccel off >/dev/vgactl

How do I use this when booting from CD?

-ishwar

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* [9fans] Re: Plan 9 and VMware-5.5?
  2006-01-13 22:31   ` ISHWAR RATTAN
@ 2006-01-14  1:06     ` Uriel
  2006-01-14  2:28       ` Skip Tavakkolian
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Uriel @ 2006-01-14  1:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

Don't use VMWare, use qemu or Xen instead.

For details see:
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/FAQ/index.html#INSTALLATION_AND_ADMINISTRATION:


On 1/13/06, ISHWAR RATTAN <rattan@cps.cmich.edu> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, [ISO-8859-1] "Nils O. Selåsdal" wrote:
>
> > ISHWAR RATTAN wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there a video issue for Plan 9
> >> CD boot under VMware-5.5 workstation?
> > Only tested vmware 5.0 - it needed
> > echo hwaccel off >/dev/vgactl
>
> How do I use this when booting from CD?
>
> -ishwar
>

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* Re: [9fans] Re: Plan 9 and VMware-5.5?
  2006-01-14  1:06     ` [9fans] " Uriel
@ 2006-01-14  2:28       ` Skip Tavakkolian
  2006-01-14  3:52         ` Devon H. O'Dell
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Skip Tavakkolian @ 2006-01-14  2:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> Don't use VMWare, use qemu or Xen instead.

Do's and Dont's don't carry much weight, unless you're Microsoft.



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* Re: [9fans] Re: Plan 9 and VMware-5.5?
  2006-01-14  2:28       ` Skip Tavakkolian
@ 2006-01-14  3:52         ` Devon H. O'Dell
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Devon H. O'Dell @ 2006-01-14  3:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

2006/1/13, Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>:
> > Don't use VMWare, use qemu or Xen instead.
>
> Do's and Dont's don't carry much weight, unless you're Microsoft.

No, but unfortunately the only other alternative is `fix it', which
might not be feasible. If it is, it's obviously the preferable choice
:P.

--Devon


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